Thanks To Chhaava, Highest-Grossing February Post-Pandemic

January
and
February
surpassed
the
monthly
domestic
box
collection
on
a
year-on-year
basis.

The
Vicky
Kaushal
starrer

Chhaava
has
been
attracting
people
to
theatres
and
leading
the
country’s
gross
domestic
box
office
collection
this
year.

The
cumulative
box
office
collection
for
the
January-February
period
rose
by
39
per
cent
to
₹2,264
crore
(₹22.64
billion)
compared
to
the
same
period
last
year,
according
to
Ormax
Media’s
report.

The
film
starring
Kaushal
as
Chhatrapati
Sambhaji
Maharaj
contributed
53
per
cent
to
February’s
domestic
box
office
collection
of
₹1,245
crore
(₹12.45
billion).

The
film,
also
starring
Rashmika
Mandanna,
emerged
as
the
top-grossing
film
of
the
month,
minting
₹657
crore
(₹6.57
billion)
and
becoming
one
of
the
highest-grossing
Hindi
films
of
all
time,
said
the
report
titled

India
Box
Office
Report:
February
2025.

‘This
has
also
been
the
highest-grossing
February
post-pandemic,’
the
report
added.

This
comes
after
lacklustre
collections
in
2024,
which
saw
some
respite
towards
the
end
of
the
year
with

Pushpa
2:
The
Rule,
which
brought
back
crowds
to
theatres.

Chhaava
also
helped
the
Hindi-language
share
of
the
gross
domestic
box
office
rise
to
45
per
cent
in
the
January-February
period.

Last
year,
in
the
same
period,
Hindi-language’s
share
of
the
gross
domestic
box
office
was
at
34
per
cent.

January
and
February
surpassed
the
monthly
domestic
box
collection
on
a
year-on-year
basis.

In
January
of
this
year,
the
box
office
was
led
by
festive
releases
like

Sankranthiki
Vasthunam,
Game
Changer
and

Daaku
Maharaaj
in
Telugu
during
Makar
Sankranti,
and
in
February,
the
Laxman
Utekar-directed

Chhaava
was
the
only
major
release.

By
comparison,
films
released
in
February
2024
earned
₹625
crore
(₹6.25
billion),
led
by
the
Malayalam
film

Manjummel
Boys.

After

Chhaava,
a
Tamil-language
comedy
drama,

Dragon
helped
box
office
collections,
notching
up
₹122
crore
(₹1.22
billion)
and
becoming
the
second-highest
grossing
film
of
the
month.

‘The
only
other
film
to
cross
the
₹100
crore
mark
in
February
2025
is
the
Tamil
film

Dragon,
which
has
emerged
as
a
breakout
hit,
grossing
even
more
than
the
big-budget
Tamil
film

Vidaamuyarchi,’
the
report
said.

Vidaamuyarchi,
an
action
thriller
starring
Ajith,
earned
₹96
crore
(₹960
million)
at
the
domestic
box
office,
becoming
the
third-highest
grossing
film
of
the
month,
followed
by

Thandel,
a
Telugu-language
film
with
₹79
crore
(₹790
million)
in
collection.

Re-releases
continue
to
be
a
strong
trend
at
the
Indian
box
office,
with

Sanam
Teri
Kasam
and

Interstellar
featuring
in
the
list
of
the
10
highest-grossing
films
of
this
month,
the
report
said.

Sanam
Teri
Kasam
grossed
₹40
crore
(₹400
million),
and

Interstellar
₹28
crore
(₹280
million)
at
the
domestic
box
office.

Feature
Presentation:
Rajesh
Alva/Rediff.com